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Originally Posted by ruh roh
OMG--yes! That is a big part of it, followed by her attempts to reframe an email a longtime friend sent me (someone I haven't seen in years) who'd said--in response to my saying I was too embarrassed to see her--that there were no worries if we never see each other again. My therapist totally took my friend's side and tried to read interpretations into what had been emailed that were just not there. And it was all building off the embarrassment of the guy in the window, who she was also trying to reframe in a positive, but bogus, way. It was just awful. I feel pretty great right now, though, not having to deal with going back.
Thanks for the update on BLONDIE vs the SNOW. I'm telling you, those hearty snow people can be totally irritating with their weather competence.
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I don’t mean to be an arse but you’d give up on a therapist (who I’ll admit I seriously crush out on, sight unseen — pure love and all that) who is unfortunately, currently (for reasons unknown) addled enough (maybe it’s the snow or the mere prospect of snow?) to try textbook-y therapist-y stuff like reframing and all that crap?
If I were you, I’d go back (as I have done with Blondie) and describe (as Blondie put it yesterday, scathingly) what I think of such therapist-y tactics. But, perhaps, not actually quit?
Don’t mind me though — last night, Blondie vehemently denied that she’d meant “pathetic” in relation to my response but had instead meant it for the moron’s (who’d pissed me off) behavior. And, that she could totally see why I was reacting the way I was reacting.
I kinda realized then that I tend to listen for what I’m used to listening to and not what was actually said / meant?